每天三分鐘學英語 第208期:外國人和你"道歉"時千萬別說not at all了

情景對話：
I wanted to apologize for my outburst yesterday.
Don't worry about it. We unloaded a lot on you.

今日知識點：
英文“道歉”的各種表達：

① I wanted to apologize for…
我想爲…道歉。
I wanted to apologize for hurting your feelings. I didn't mean what I said.
我想爲傷害你的感情道歉。我不是那個意思。

② I'm sorry for…
對不起…
I'm sorry for ditching you last week. I shouldn't have done it.
對不起上週把你拋下了。我不應該那麼做。

③ Please forgive me.
請原諒我。
I didn't mean to do that on purpose. Please forgive me.
我不是故意的，請原諒我。

④ I feel really bad about…
對…感覺真的很抱歉。
I feel really bad about not showing up to your birthday. Please forgive me.
沒去你的生日真的很抱歉。請原諒我。

⑤ I hope you can forgive me.
請原諒我。
It wasn't cool for me to go through your phone like that. I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me.
我不應該那樣看你的電話，對不起請原諒我。

⑥ My bad for…
都是我的錯
My bad for not finishing my part on time. I feel really bad about it.
很抱歉我那部分沒做完，我真的感覺很不好。

迴應“道歉”的不同方法：
① No problem.
沒關係。

② Don't worry about it.
沒關係。

③ Forget about it.
沒事。
Forget about it. We all make mistakes.
沒事兒的，我們都會犯錯的。

④ That's all right/okay.
沒事。
That's all right. I know you didn't mean to do it on purpose.
沒事兒的，我知道你不是故意的。

⑤ No worries.
別擔心。
No worries. We're still cool.
別擔心，我們之間沒事兒。

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